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Torvar Mirsky became the first Australian skipper to the win the $100,000 Argo Group Gold Cup in nearly a decade in ideal conditions in Hamilton Harbour yesterday.
Mirsky and his fellow Wave Muscat team-mates edged previous Gold Cup winner Johnie Ber...
DATE: Oct 10, 2011
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Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Torvar Mirsky won the $100,000 Argo Group Gold Cup in Hamilton Harbour today.
The Australian, ranked sixth in the world, beat Sweden's Johnie Berntsson 3-2 in a best of five final that went right down to the wire.
It was Mirsky’s second straight win ...
DATE: Oct 09, 2011
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Sailing
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Sweden's Johnie Berntsson and Australian Torvar Mirsky have advanced to today's final of the $100,000 Argo Group Gold Cup.
Mirsky, who won last month's St Moritz Match Race in Switzerland, swept Kiwi Phil Robertson (3/0) in yesterday's first semi-fin...
DATE: Oct 09, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Phil Robertson turned the Argo Group Gold Cup on its head in Hamilton Harbour yesterday.
The 24-year-old Kiwi dumped current World Match Racing Tour (WMRT) points-leader and past Gold Cup winner Ian Williams out of the $100,000 regatta on the back of...
DATE: Oct 08, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Past winners Ian Williams, Mathieu Richard and Jesper Radich all took route one to the quarter-finals of the $100,000 Argo Group Gold Cup during yesterday’s blustery conditions in Hamilton Harbour.
All three sailors finished the group stage with iden...
DATE: Oct 07, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Local trio Blythe Walker, Peter Miller and Lance Fraser all bowed out of the Argo Group Gold Cup yesterday.
Walker (¾) chalked up convincing wins against Australian Jordan Reece and Poland’s Jakub Pawluk. But a loss to Aussie Keith Swinton in his fin...
DATE: Oct 07, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Multiple World Match Racing Tour (WMRT) champion Peter Gilmour has joined the chorus of those calling for local sailing to be granted national sports status.
As one of the Island’s oldest sports, sailing, according to locals, is just as deserving of ...
DATE: Oct 07, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Current World Match Racing Tour (WMRT) points leader and top ranked ISAF Open sailor Ian Williams made a winning start to his bid for a second Argo Group Gold Cup in Hamilton Harbour yesterday.
The Englishman went unbeaten in his opening four Group T...
DATE: Oct 06, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
For Team Bermuda the primary objective of the RenaissanceRe Junior Gold Cup is not all about winning but more importantly on development.
The international regatta, now in its ninth year, affords the island’s Optimist sailors with an ideal opportunit...
DATE: Oct 06, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Local skipper Lance Fraser pulled off the biggest upset of his still blossoming career during day two of the $100,000 Argo Group Gold Cup in Hamilton Harbor yesterday.
The 18-year-old Royal Hamilton Amateur Dinghy Club (RHADC) sailor upstaged world n...
DATE: Oct 06, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
